Our one challenge now is to get to where it is warm all the time. Luckily, the weather has been kind to us and has mostly been suited to shorts and T-shirts. It is still getting cool overnight and has become quite windy. It seems that we may have to wait for Broome for the warmer climate. Yes, we know, we would have something to complain about if we were at home. We’re not complaining, just commenting. We have now booked ahead for the next couple of weeks. When we tried to book Coral Bay there were no sites in town! School holidays begin on the 3rd of July. Oops! So then we rang Exmouth to find nothing available for July or August. Guess who started to panic? Rhonda tried to book again the next day ... read more

We have been very lucky with the weather. Although quite cold in the morning, we still continue to have pleasant days with temperatures in the low twenties and occasional eighteen or nineteen degrees. Added to that, we have had ideal towing conditions with little wind and no rain. As has been our experience in the past, we continue to meet nice people along the way. NORSEMAN We had planned to spend three nights in Norseman. Luckily, we took note of advice from a number of people and bypassed it going to Esperance and back again to Kalgoorlie. It is a good fuel spot and has a nice feature of camel statues on the central roundabout. These are its only features as far as we could see. So the trick is to go to Fraser Range Station ... read more

Finally got on the road again after the wild winds and pelting rain although we got thoroughly soaked hitching up! We have decided that we will prop any time the weather opposes us. Both wind and rain can make things a little uncomfortable but wind is worse. Time is not our enemy luckily. What a surprise Nullarbor was to us. We expected barren desert and not much else. Well, surprisingly, we found an undulating green landscape , access to beautiful shorelines and lots of green grass. In Fraser Range we were told that there had more than two inches of rain in the last month! Do yourself a favour if you haven’t been across and make the trip at some stage in your life. Ceduna No photos for Ceduna! For us, we needed to see it ... read more

From time to time you come across something that demands its own blog. Bob and Jacquie Hayter told us about Elliston and so we decided to spend a couple of nights. Quite spectacular, and somewhat unique, is the cliff top tourist drive where there are quirky statues/displays on permanent display. Apparently the town runs a festival every two years that feature a statue competition on the tourist drive. This blog is really a set of photos to look at as each one tells its own story. However, there is a little fishing story as well. In short, Rhonda came fishing too! And what’s more, she bagged her first salmon . In order to make her capture, we had to climb down 283 steps at Locks Well. Much harder coming back up! Great spot for fishing and ... read more

A year off to sort out our new home and now we are back at it! On Sunday the 2nd May we hitched up the van started the new adventure. “Go West Young Man” …….as they say in the classics. And Barb, no stats on the car this time! There is one very important issue we had to address though. We have a little Princess in our lives now and we will miss Elizabeth Georgia Pretty very much. However, she is young enough not to miss us at this stage so we are doing a quick 4-5 month dash around the ‘paddock’ so we can be back in time to see her learn to walk. By then she may even get to really know Nanny and Pa even though she loves them both dearly now . ... read more